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System Properties Comparison Datomic vs. Drizzle vs. H2GIS vs. Hypertable vs. Rockset

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NameDatomic  Xexclude from comparisonDrizzle  Xexclude from comparisonH2GIS  Xexclude from comparisonHypertable  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparison
Drizzle has published its last release in September 2012. The open-source project is discontinued and Drizzle is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.Hypertable has stopped its further development with March 2016 and is removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionDatomic builds on immutable values, supports point-in-time queries and uses 3rd party systems for durabilityMySQL fork with a pluggable micro-kernel and with an emphasis of performance over compatibility.Spatial extension of H2An open source BigTable implementation based on distributed file systems such as HadoopA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDB
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSWide column storeDocument store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score1.59
Rank#150  Overall
#69  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#7  Spatial DBMS
Score0.79
Rank#211  Overall
#35  Document stores
Websitewww.datomic.comwww.h2gis.orgrockset.com
Technical documentationdocs.datomic.comwww.h2gis.org/­docs/­homedocs.rockset.com
DeveloperCognitectDrizzle project, originally started by Brian AkerCNRSHypertable Inc.Rockset
Initial release20122008201320092019
Current release1.0.6735, June 20237.2.4, September 20120.9.8.11, March 2016
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infolimited edition freeOpen Source infoGNU GPLOpen Source infoLGPL 3.0Open Source infoGNU version 3. Commercial license availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononoyes
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Implementation languageJava, ClojureC++JavaC++C++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Linux
OS X
Windows infoan inofficial Windows port is available
hosted
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesnodynamic typing
XML support infoSome form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.nonono infoingestion from XML files supported
Secondary indexesyesyesyesrestricted infoonly exact value or prefix value scansall fields are automatically indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyes infowith proprietary extensionsyesnoRead-only SQL queries, including JOINs
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIJDBCC++ API
Thrift
HTTP REST
Supported programming languagesClojure
Java
C
C++
Java
PHP
JavaC++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infoTransaction Functionsnoyes infobased on H2nono
TriggersBy using transaction functionsno infohooks for callbacks inside the server can be used.yesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersShardingnoneShardingAutomatic sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
yes infobased on H2selectable replication factor on file system levelyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infousing external storage systems (e.g. Cassandra, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Couchbase and others)yesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes inforecommended only for testing and developmentyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoPluggable authentication mechanisms infoe.g. LDAP, HTTPyes infobased on H2noAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset console

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